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I' making a Bootloader for a Real Mode OS, the Bootloader loads a binary file from the floppy just after the boot sector, the problem is that I'm using Linux now and can't use partcopy to do this (can I?):
seek => skip blocks in input
skip => skip blocks in output
conv=notrunc => when outputting, don't truncate the output (useful for images)
bs => blocksize of above mentioned commands
count => amount of blocks
You can practice DD in Windows using John Newbigin's port of DD as well. It has mostly the same command but also supports raw access to devices (iirc direct drive access was like \\.\f: )
You can practice DD in Windows using John Newbigin's port of DD as well. It has mostly the same command but also supports raw access to devices (iirc direct drive access was like \\.\f: )
Thanks, Windows is no more in my computer, I use Linux now. Works great even if I have bad Ram.